Star Wars enjoys big sales on Ebay

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While it may have suffered a significant drop in sales on the high street, Star Wars is still a leading brand on EBay, where last year saw significant sales figures for Star Wars related items prompted by the arrival of The Last Jedi.

CNBC take a look at the GFFA and other properties which have been aiming high on the online marketplace.

 

What mattered most to people in 2017? If you take a look at their receipts, you’ll get a pretty good idea.

EBay recently released its “Top Shopped” report, revealing 2017 sales data from its marketplace and highlighting some pretty interesting trends.

Shoppers on the site leaned in to the major pop culture moments of 2017 — including a passion for the “Star Wars” franchise.

The report reveals that two months before the Dec. 15 release of the latest installment in the “Star Wars” saga, “Episode VIII, The Last Jedi,” there were over 450,000 Star Wars items bought on eBay.

 

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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While it may have suffered a significant drop in sales on the high street, Star Wars is still a leading brand on EBay, where last year saw significant sales figures for Star Wars related items prompted by the arrival of The Last Jedi.

CNBC take a look at the GFFA and other properties which have been aiming high on the online marketplace.

 

What mattered most to people in 2017? If you take a look at their receipts, you’ll get a pretty good idea.

EBay recently released its “Top Shopped” report, revealing 2017 sales data from its marketplace and highlighting some pretty interesting trends.

Shoppers on the site leaned in to the major pop culture moments of 2017 — including a passion for the “Star Wars” franchise.

The report reveals that two months before the Dec. 15 release of the latest installment in the “Star Wars” saga, “Episode VIII, The Last Jedi,” there were over 450,000 Star Wars items bought on eBay.

 

SourceCNBC
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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